Question

PLEASE HELP 30 POINTS! Tara already knew 4 appetizer recipes before starting culinary school, and she will learn 3 new appetizer recipes during each week of school. Write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of weeks and the number of appetizer recipes.

(a) Define your variables.
(b) Write a linear equation that can be used to determine the number of appetizer recipes she will learn during school
(c) Solve your linear equation to determine the number of recipes that Tara will know after 18 weeks in school
(d) Explain your answer to Part 1c.

Answer 1

I got this:

A: x = number of weeks, y = number of appetizer recipes

B: 4+3x=y

C: 4+3(18)=58

D: 2*18=36

36+18=54

54+4=58